Health care in Canada 2000: a first annual report.

CIHI is independent, national, and non-profit, and was established in 1994 by Canada’s national and provincial health ministers. It is expected to play a role in providing information both to health policy makers and the public at large. If this publication is a guide, it places more emphasis on the latter set of clients than does the AHIW. The style is straightforward with hardly any jargon, and a serious attempt is made to take a consumer’s view of the health system. There is a reference list of adequate length.